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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s revised recordkeeping rule includes two key changes: First, the rule updates the list of industries that are exempt from the requirement to routinely keep OSHA injury and illness records, due to relatively low occupational injury and illness rates. The previous list of industries was based on the old Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system and injury and illness data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from 1996, 1997, and 1998. The new list of industries that are exempt from routinely keeping OSHA injury and illness records is based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and injury and illness data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from 2007, 2008, and 2009. Note: The new rule retains the exemption for any employer with ten or fewer employees, regardless of their industry classification, from the requ ...
On October 7, a Florida roofing company was cited by OSHA for alleged violations of fall protection standards at three job sites. The citation proposed fines of $339,900.00 according to an announcement by OSHA. The contractor announced on October 9 that it plans to cease operations because of the "increasingly strict regulatory scrutiny" from OSHA. The citations involved personal safety equipment such as fall protection systems and eye protection. The contractor stated in his announcement that he has attempted to follow OSHA's safety regulations, but he hasn't been able to force his employees across 4 or 5 work crews to use the harnesses and other safety equipment which the company has provided. The contractor stated that the only solution would be "to have some kind of policeman, a person from my company, on-site 24/7 to supervise the sites, which is impossible." The contracto ...